Established Church—Old Parochial Registers

Condition of Original Registers—

Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index.Births: The record is defective for 1682 and is blank for May 1695–May 1696, May 1705–February 1706, June 1710–July 1718, and July 1721–August 1723. It is also defective for 1762–1765 and 1790–1792. Mothers’ names are not recorded in the entries until 1765. Marriages: The record is blank for December 1710–May 1719, February 1721–September 1723, October 1745–August 1784, March 1798–1820, and 1836–1844.Deaths: Burials, there is no record for August 1790–1844 except for about thirty entries relating to the funeral expenses of paupers. Source:Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records

Minutes 1661–1667, 1670–1674, 2 August 1675, 17 March 1676, 1682–1707, 1844–1873Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/971